The Labor government would make supporting the development of clean technologies for export markets a priority, Mr Rudd told the National Press Club in Canberra.
As part of that plan, Labor will spend $15 million on a Energy Export Strategy, and $20 million setting up a Clean Energy Innovation Centre.
“Responding to climate change and global warming is not just an environmental imperative; it is an important economic opportunity,” Mr Rudd said.
“Both carbon trading and renewable energy technology provide opportunities for the export of goods and services,” he said.
Australia would become a clean energy hub for the Asia-Pacific, Mr Rudd said, making clean energy central to Australia’s economic and environmental future.
“Labor will harness clean energy research, innovation and enterprise, so that Australia can build a low carbon economy and export climate change solutions to the world,” he said.
The Clean Energy Export Strategy will provide critical capacity in Austrade to promote Australian clean energy exports of products, technologies and services. Austrade liaison officers will work with individual clean energy firms to match their strengths with opportunities in clean energy growth markets such as China, India, Japan and the United States.
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